CIP unveils proposed wind farm sites

GOING DEEPER: The Danish company called on the government to initiate a pilot project for floating wind farms to open up capacity and minimize controversies

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 05, 2020
By: Angelica Oung / Staff reporter

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners K/S Taiwan Round 3 Projects chief executive Jesper Krarup Holst, right, talks about the company’s new offshore wind farm projects at a news conference in Taipei yesterday as project office director Marina Hsu looks on.
Photo courtesy of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Danish firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners K/S (CIP) yesterday announced six proposed sites for offshore wind farm projects for its phase 3 development.

Together, the six sites add up to 6.3 gigawatts (GW) in potential capacity.

Four of the proposed sites are in waters more than 50m deep — the limit for fixed-bottom turbine technology.

While floating turbine technology is still in the experimental phase, CIP Taiwan Round 3 Projects chief executive Jesper Krarup Holst described the decision to go into deeper waters as a “no brainer” and urged the government to initiate a pilot project for floating wind farms.
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